A man at the centre of a picket outside the Social Development offices in High Street this week believes an arbitration process over salary upgrades for social auxiliary workers and assistant probation officers will be successful.
A man at the centre of a picket outside the Social Development offices in High Street this week believes an arbitration process over salary upgrades for social auxiliary workers and assistant probation officers will be successful.
Speaking to Grocott's Mail a few days after the arbitration, Bamanye Maxham said despite the fact that there was no judgment, he felt the arbitration process would yield positive results.
Yesterday Maxham said all the people involved in the process have to submit their closing remarks by Tuesday, with the judgment expected by 21 May.
"The process was promising because they did not have answers for some of the questions that were asked. I am hopeful that the outcome will be positive," Maxham said.
During the arbitration process, Maxham was supported by members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union and workers from various districts in the province in his attempt to make the department uphold an alleged promise to upgrade salaries.
The group picketed outside the Social Development offices on Monday.
Maxham, a social auxiliary worker who took it upon himself to challenge the department, said the arbitration process stems from an unfulfilled promise made years ago by the national Department to increase 154 assistant probation officers' and 228 social auxiliary workers' salaries.
